Typed Out and Duped

It has been a few weeks since I've been to a proper casting call - things kinda slowed down in the auditions department over the past couple of months. But happily, now it looks like things are starting to pop up again and it looks like the start of Spring has sprung some good opportunities!

Feeling greatly encouraged, I headed out to a call this afternoon. The studio was flooded with girls, each one lovelier than the next - when I learned that they would be "typing." Ugh! I hate that. They basically line you up and send you into a room 20 at a time to be gawked at and examined by the Casting Director and her cronies. It's probably one of the most reprehensible aspects of the Open Call process, but I know that it has to be done. I don't imagine that the people on the other side of the table take much pleasure in doing it and I don't take their rejection of me personally, I know it's just the business of the business.

There was a glimmer of hope for a moment before they announced all of the names of the six or seven girls that they wanted to see. They seemed to be lingering a bit longer on my headshot & considering keeping me - but it turned out that they were listing several reasons why they should not. (sigh)

I returned to the bathroom to change back into my street clothes feeling a bit deflated. Flat out rejection doesn't feel so good. I was in good company though. A lot of lovely & talented girls were sent away along with me.

On my way out I ran into a couple of fresh-faced recent grads from my Alma Mater, The University of the Arts. One of them thought that I had just been accepted to the school. Well, that made my day a little brighter!

I took advantage of the time leftover by going to get a bunch of my headshots reproduced at Reproductions. Granted, these shots are a little older and show their age by being black & white, but they're good shots & doggonnit it's my only option right now!
I only hope that Casting Directors won't hold it against me for not living up to the trend of color. For now I'll have to settle for these black & whites before I can afford them - but in order to do so I need to start making a lot more green.